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| During the first six months of the year, the Agency lost three friends, well wishers and partners who passed on - two of them suddenly while the other had been ailing for a while. Grenada also lost three dedicated nation builders. |
| The 2009 Gender Sensitive Policy-Making Workshop was held in Grenada from Monday August 24th -Wednesday August 26th. This workshop has been an annual event since 2003. It is sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Jamaica, in collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) in Barbados. The workshop particularly targets women in the OECS. This year, it focused on“Gender, Trade and the Economy”. It comprised three days of intensive, but challenging and interactive exercises and discussions on a range of issues, with the main focus being “Gender and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)". The workshop was facilitated by Ms. Cecilia Babb, Executive Coordinator, CPDC and Ms. Judith Wedderburn, Director, FES Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean. Administrative support was also provided to the workshop by ART. The participants, who were representatives from countries in the OECS, including those from Grenada, were guided on writing a gender-sensitive policy statement around trade issues associated with the EPA. The gender analysis of selected Caribbean economies was used as the basis for the discussion on the EPA, and provided guidance as to how a gender-sensitive policy approach could be used to shape programmes or projects from which CARICOM countries can benefit. |
| The Commonwealth Foundation, in collaboration with the Barbados-based NGO Caribbean Policy Development Centre, will host a regional civil society consultation in Grenada at the Grand View Inn, from June 15th - 17th, 2009. This consultation is one of the several civil society consultations/seminars and workshops taking place across the Commonwealth in preparation for the Commonwealth People’s Forum which will take place in Trinidad in November, one week prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting also taking place in Trinidad. The outcome of these pan-Commonwealth consultations/seminars will feed into the reports that will inform the final communiqué of the Commonwealth People’s Forum to be presented to the CHOGM. The meeting in Grenada will be held under the theme “Partnerships for a More Equitable and Sustainable Future”. It will provide an opportunity for Caribbean civil society to reflect on and evaluate the crisis in the region as well as to share information on the various responses at the levels of civil society, public, and private sector. |
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Our Programmes
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 Food Security promotion/ awareness Home Gardening Composting: Training in Fruit Preservation: Livestock production
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 Sustainable Livelihoods Project Support to the Microsector Increasing the Employability of Rural Youth
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 Eat Local Eat Healthy Nutrition Education/Food Demonstrations
HIV/AIDS Community Awareness/ Education Programme
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 COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION RURAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
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 CULTURAL EVENTS: PUBLIC PERSONALITIES IN CONCERT: OTHER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
It supports the development and strengthening of community organizations. It supports the development of community skills for personal development, income generation and self employment - particularly among rural women and youth. It conducts rural youth development programmes, targeting children between the ages of 6-16, focusing on literacy enhancement, creative expressions, sport and basic life skills. It supports health promotion initiatives focusing on food, nutrition and lifestyle diseases including HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with other civil society partners, ART undertakes various stakeholder consultations and conducts public education on wide ranging issues of national interest and concern. | |
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